TTC #2 with Pcos.....buddy wanted =D

[paula181]

Hi i am Paula 30, i have a daughter whose 7 devil:) i have been ttc with my partner for over a year since coming off the pill! I have Pcos and was diagnosed with it 8-9 years ago

I am after buddies who are in the same boat, not just Pcos but people with irregular cycles!

Wishing you all goodluck and plenty of

xx

 

[misskat29]

Hey, I'm also 30. Have a 9month old girl.

Cd40 (I think) of first cycle ttc#2

Have pcos - no symptoms other than irregular cycles tho

How you doing? Any tricks you fancy sharing?

I've just read about royal jelly - sounds like a miracle pill!

 

[paula181]

misskat i am good thanks how are you?!

I have just bought some evening primrose oil and santogen mother to be vits. Going to see if they help! What are you trying?!

xx

 

[cbmd]

hi can i join your thread? i have pcos, have no periods at all!! never have done...well i did when i was about 16...29 now took forever to conceive LO....a miracle really so trying for another straight away....no luck as yet....im back on all the supplements i took last time i fell pregnant.....xx

 

[misskat29]

Hi paula181 & cbmd, great to speak with more ladoes in the same boat as me!

when i became pregnant with mollie i took soy isoflavones - got a bfp first cycle using it. if youve not heard of it, its apprently a natural form of clomid.

im on my first cycle trying for 2nd, used soy as last time and nothing? cd41 (i think) and still waiting AF.

Cycle days are generally 40-70days in length.

i've just ordered some royal jelly - which really sounds like a wonder pill, so will defo try it.

am taking mother to be vits. havent tried epo as i think your only suppose to take it till the day you ov, and i can never figure out when that is, so dont bother.

was suppose to start temping on monday, 2mornings gone and ive jumped out of bed and totally forgot about it till i was stood in the shower - too late!!!

 

[cbmd]

i heard a lot of good stories about soy so im waiting for mine to arrive in the post, ive stated provera tablets to bring AF on otherwise i just never get any....so i will keep you updated. im going to try temp but i know like you ill forget and with s little baby sometimes im up out of bed at all different times. i have a clearblue monitor but when i conceived last time it had never picked up ovulation so doubtful it will work.
where did you hear about royal jelly misskat29? and how are you meant to take it?
i take a good multivitamin, epo but i take it all the time and did last time...are you not meant to? take chromium, DCI, and magnesium. i had some maca root last time but dont think i ever got round to taking it
x

 

[paula181]

ladies well now i am stumped on what to do with the epo cos even though i am charting ovulation im a still new to it, and they say to take it until ovulation and then change to flaxseed oil I think i might stop it ths month and if i havent concieved start it from the day i start AF!!
I am looking into getting Royal Jelly and Bee Pollen but not sure where the best place is to get it?

How old are your kiddies?

xx

 

[cbmd]

Im 29....30 next year. how old are you?........i think you can get royal jelly from holland and barret...i looked online last night, i read its best to get it not in capsule form but in liquid. they have an organic one which is probably quite good. ive took EPO all the time!! oops....i did last time too...i never knew you only had to take it at certain times. how expensive is it buying all these supplements! its costs a small fortune
x

 

[cbmd]

oops you already put you were 30 x

 

[misskat29]

Lol - If someone shuck me im sure I'd rattle!

Tbh, I only do soy, royal jelly (bought capsules tho doh!) and folic acid.

I'm a believer in fate - so think if it's going to happen, it will!? Just wish it would be now - v inpatient!

 

[cbmd]

im the same...definitly believe that it happens when its meant to...to be honest when we did finally conceive we had slacked off and kind of given in on the idea for a while so wonder whether it helped being more relaxed...i find i get a bit obsessed with all the things you can do...vitamins/supplements/diet etc...misskat - dont worry about capsules i read a post earlier where this woman said her capsules of royal jelly were brilliant...do you take it constantly? how old is mollie your daughter? did it take you long to conceive if you dont mind me asking?
x

 

[misskat29]

Yeah, they do say when your not stressing about it, it's more likely to happen. Easier said than done! I think it's cos it's such a big decision to make in deciding to have a baby, that once you decide thats it let's try - you want it NOW!

Mollie is 9months. She's ace

Here's my story.

July 09 started trying. Didn't no I had pcos then. Just thought I had mad cycles. Anyway, I caught straight away. Oct09 had a mmc, after that my cycles took an age to come back so went to the docs, they started doing tests and ultrasound - 29th dec I got the nod, I had pcos.

Carried on trying, and having bloods done, had reflexology and acupuncture, then early feb10 I read about soy. First soy cycle i got my bfp!

Thinking had three cycles between mmc and bfp

How about yourself?

Royal jelly - not started yet. Only read about it Monday, so ordered tablets that evening - waiting arrival of them.

Think af is just round the corner - since having Mollie I get a migraine day before af. Have the worst head ache right now

 

[cbmd]

well id been on pill for nearly 10 years, prior to that i used to have regular heavy periods....so i came off as we decided ttc (Just assuming everything would be normal). and my periods never came back, as months went by doctors just dismissed me saying it was 'normal'. But every month feels like forever doesnt it...i knew i wasnt going to get any periods back, i cant explain it but my body just feels asleep like its forgotten what to do.After a year i put my foot down saying i wasnt happy and had blood tests, which showed i had high testosterone levels, after a scan on my ovaries confirmed i had pcos. basically i was left with that and told to carry on ttc!! i really wasnt very happy, but continued for another few months, finally got a referral to a fertility specialist after my other half had a sperm test and although they are all really healthy hardly any swim!! - then i started taking those supplements went on holiday for my birthday and was more relaxed knowing we were going to see a specialist. I had read online about provera and women using it to bring on periods, i hadnt had a period now mabye for 16 months or so....i felt maybe it would give my body a kick up the backside! so i took it for three months and then stopped, june, july, aug and then somehow i conceived in september. Had a terrible pregnancy, bled heavily pretty much most of the way, it was a hemorrhage of some sort so was always touch n go but he was a little fighter and stayed put!! so of course im sooooooo grateful and lucky to have him but i would love a sibling for him. With both our problems decided not to use contraception and leave it to fate...obviously nothing has happened so far and my periods havent returned which i was kind of hoping pregnancy might make them come back. So i have just started provera again...only on day 3 , then im going to take soy and see if that works.
are you going to do soy and royal jelly at same time? you will have to keep me updated as i might try it too....think if i get a period this time im going to try soy on its own then see.
Ive always suffered from migraines - they are awful, the only thing i find that helps is if i take a migraleve straight away when its coming on.......once its kicked in it agony
x

 

[paula181]

ladies sorry i havent been on here for a while

How are you?

As you know i started on the Epo and the mother to be vits and i have had a mega headache for ages that wont shift! And i have also started spotting on cd 25! Which you will know having periods this early with Pcos it highly irregular!! I think i am taking too much Vit E? As that can cause spotting

I have eventually been to the drs to get some help as its really annoying me that my body has stopped working..........kinda hoping that just going to see the dr will scare my body into action
They are sending me for hormone tests and go from there!! She was a little concerned that i hadnt been checked since 2002.......whoopsie!!

I hope we all get our soon

xx

 

[cbmd]

thats great news paula your doctor has referred you, its a step in the right direction. i think when i have time im going back to the gp to insist on something being done as having no periods at all just cant be healthy. ive registered at a new gp where i know one of the doctors has pcos herself so i might go see her n hope she might be more understanding. my old doctor made me feel like it was no big deal having pcos! its such a frustrating condition to have, with not knowing what will work and what wont etc....i've started all my supplements again so heres hoping.....paula have you ever done soy or royal jelly? was it you saying you were trying royal jelly?x

 

[misskat29]

I started royal jelly yesterday. I've also done soy, that's how I got my baby girl as I caught first month using it. Used it this cycle and nothing, cd45 bfn and still waiting on af

So glad your doc is doing something to help, I was thinking of seeing my doc, but don't think they will do anything having given birth 9months ago?

 

[cbmd]

i think its worth going anyway....i feel the same...they probably wont do much when you havent been ttc for over 12 months as they consider that a normal time to conceive in...although i pushed my doctor to refer me early, saying it takes so long to get referred and get all the tests it would be well over 12 months by the time we got referred and she agreed to it...as expected it took 6 months before we got an appointment for specialist and by then nature had took its course after two long years and somehow we conceived. i think some doctors are a lot more proactive than others and i think you have to put your foot down sometimes.
x

 

[misskat29]

Hey ladies, how we all doing?

I'm so pleased. Af showed her ugly face today, so this time next week I'm back to tryin for baby #2!! wahoooo

Been taking royal jelly since Friday and will be doing soy again!

 

[cbmd]

thats great misskat....i took provera for 5 days and had a one day bleed...not sure you could call it af but thats the best it will get...so on cd3 now...just going to try temp for 40 days or so n see what happens...worked out from Lo must have ov'd on day 28 after i took provera....never ov'd on it before. going to go back to docs after to talk about lack of af.. are you on cycle 2 of soy now? i was going to try it this time but think ill do it next cycle x
ps,if you get up in the night does that ruin temping?

 

[misskat29]

I'd try soy hun, I know it dd nothing for me last cycle, but it defo work first cycle when ttc#1! got a bfp cd34 so it must have made me o cd20? Which for me is crazy!!

This will be cycle 2, going to do it cd3-7 and increase as I go.

Have you tried any royal jelly? Wonder if that helped bring on my af?